Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dressed animal skin, or several skins sewed together, used in southern Africa as a cloak, rug, or blanket.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A garment of fur worn by the natives of South Africa. Also spelled
carosse .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun South Africa A native garment or rug of skin sewed together in the form of a square.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A treated animal-skin cloak with the hair still left on.
- noun A blanket of treated animal-skin with the hair left on.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The only things of value which he had taken with him were a set of pearl ear-rings and brooch, and a beautiful lined "kaross," or rug, made of the skins of wild South African animals.
The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Johanna Brandt 1920
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Over his saddle lay a "kaross," or robe of leopard-skins, and upon his shoulder he carried his "roer" -- a large smoothbore gun, about six feet in length, with an old-fashioned flint-lock, -- quite a load of itself.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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a "kaross," or robe of leopard-skins, and upon his shoulder he carried his "roer" -- a large smooth-bore gun, about six feet in length, with an old-fashioned flint-lock, -- quite a load of itself.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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Suddenly, the door opened and out walked not Dr. Wellington, but a black man dressed in a leopard-skin kaross and matching hat, who was carrying a spear in either hand.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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Suddenly, the door opened and out walked not Dr. Wellington, but a black man dressed in a leopard-skin kaross and matching hat, who was carrying a spear in either hand.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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Suddenly, the door opened and out walked not Dr. Wellington, but a black man dressed in a leopard-skin kaross and matching hat, who was carrying a spear in either hand.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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Suddenly, the door opened and out walked not Dr. Wellington, but a black man dressed in a leopard-skin kaross and matching hat, who was carrying a spear in either hand.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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A long white beard fell on his breast, and a magnificent kaross of leopard skin covered his shoulders.
Prester John 2005
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I unlocked the cupboard and got out a few stores, opened the windows of the bedroom next door, and flung my kaross on the cartel which did duty as bed.
Prester John 2005
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The ancient costume of the Makololo consisted of the skin of a lamb, kid, jackal, ocelot, or other small animal, worn round and below the loins: and in cold weather a kaross, or skin mantle, was thrown over the shoulders.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
hernesheir commented on the word kaross
My grandmother used a Holstein calf-skin kaross as a cover for her piano bench.
June 29, 2011